Asia: Cost of Living Index by City 2020 Mid-Year

Chart: Cost of Living Index

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City	Cost of Living Index	Rent Index	Cost of Living Plus Rent Index	Groceries Index	Restaurant Price Index	Local Purchasing Power Index
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	91.4	43.2	67.9	80.5	92.5	67.9
Tokyo, Japan	89.7	38.4	64.7	90.9	49.2	75.1
Osaka, Japan	87.0	23.3	56.0	89.9	47.7	79.9
Seoul, South Korea	81.6	29.6	56.3	99.4	45.5	76.5
Singapore, Singapore	81.1	61.3	71.5	69.2	58.0	82.6
Haifa, Israel	80.3	20.6	51.3	63.9	84.4	79.1
Jerusalem, Israel	80.2	31.8	56.6	63.4	87.8	69.0
Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)	77.9	75.3	76.6	77.5	54.7	67.0
Macao, Macao (China)	70.8	41.3	56.4	68.9	50.0	72.3
Dubai, United Arab Emirates	68.8	49.3	59.3	53.9	65.6	84.4
Beirut, Lebanon	68.5	24.4	47.0	55.0	60.7	30.9
Doha, Qatar	67.4	45.6	56.8	59.3	64.1	95.5
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (China)	66.1	10.7	39.1	83.8	26.2	53.5
Nicosia, Cyprus	65.5	18.8	42.7	56.0	64.4	55.6
Taipei, Taiwan (China)	64.1	20.7	43.0	76.4	29.3	64.0
Limassol, Cyprus	63.6	28.7	46.6	49.5	67.9	58.5
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	61.9	41.7	52.1	51.3	59.2	90.0
Manama, Bahrain	59.4	29.0	44.6	48.8	53.8	50.6
Makati, Philippines	58.8	24.9	42.3	66.5	25.7	29.2
Amman, Jordan	56.2	11.9	34.6	45.4	48.8	32.9
Bangkok, Thailand	55.8	25.3	41.0	55.1	28.7	31.7
Ajman, United Arab Emirates	54.7	34.7	45.0	40.7	54.8	50.9
Paphos, Cyprus	53.4	14.0	34.2	43.2	48.1	58.7
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	53.4	22.3	38.3	40.7	42.9	83.7
Muscat, Oman	52.8	18.5	36.1	48.2	48.1	91.9
Jeddah (Jiddah), Saudi Arabia	50.7	10.5	31.1	39.7	32.4	83.2
Kuwait City, Kuwait	50.6	29.6	40.4	35.6	45.2	67.3
Phuket, Thailand	50.1	14.5	32.8	50.4	28.4	30.6
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	49.6	13.9	32.2	39.2	34.8	87.3
Pattaya, Thailand	49.6	16.0	33.2	48.7	30.3	22.0
Shanghai, China	49.2	35.4	42.5	50.8	38.7	58.8
Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia	48.5	13.4	31.4	39.3	31.5	88.6
Phnom Penh, Cambodia	48.4	16.6	32.9	48.4	23.9	15.0
Wuhan, China	47.0	9.5	28.7	56.0	28.9	44.9
Chiang Mai, Thailand	45.9	12.7	29.7	50.0	21.4	34.4
Shenzhen, China	45.5	24.5	35.3	48.4	31.7	58.2
Bali, Indonesia	44.5	10.9	28.1	44.2	25.4	13.1
Jakarta, Indonesia	44.3	18.0	31.5	45.0	24.1	24.8
Beijing, China	44.2	33.3	38.9	43.4	32.3	59.2
Chengdu, China	43.2	10.0	27.0	50.4	23.4	52.2
Cebu, Philippines	43.1	13.6	28.7	42.6	24.8	21.5
Johor Bahru, Malaysia	42.5	7.9	25.7	48.8	21.7	59.2
Davao, Philippines	42.5	9.3	26.3	43.3	20.4	18.5
Erbil (Irbil), Iraq	41.8	11.4	27.0	36.4	28.9	42.2
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	41.5	13.2	27.7	42.2	25.2	61.4
Manila, Philippines	41.3	23.5	32.7	36.8	24.4	22.4
Baghdad, Iraq	41.0	13.0	27.4	33.6	30.5	37.2
Guangzhou, China	40.7	16.9	29.1	43.0	25.2	60.4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	40.5	13.7	27.5	40.1	23.3	61.4
Penang, Malaysia	40.5	8.7	25.0	44.2	20.2	60.5
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	38.9	18.5	29.0	37.9	20.3	23.9
Tehran, Iran	38.7	21.2	30.2	32.4	26.2	18.1
Hanoi, Vietnam	38.4	11.5	25.3	38.7	18.5	29.1
Bandung, Indonesia	36.8	7.9	22.7	38.5	16.4	23.7
Surabaya, Indonesia	36.4	10.6	23.9	41.3	17.8	23.1
Colombo, Sri Lanka	36.0	13.2	24.9	40.6	20.3	20.7
Dhaka, Bangladesh	35.9	5.9	21.3	33.6	20.7	27.2
Istanbul, Turkey	34.8	9.0	22.2	29.2	24.0	36.2
Yogyakarta, Indonesia	34.1	11.2	23.0	38.4	14.2	10.8
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	34.1	11.0	22.8	33.6	22.4	28.3
Yerevan, Armenia	34.0	10.8	22.7	26.2	27.9	26.4
Astana (Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan	33.5	10.1	22.1	27.0	32.3	45.3
Bursa, Turkey	33.3	5.5	19.7	29.5	20.4	39.9
Qingdao, Shandong, China	32.5	11.6	22.3	32.1	22.0	61.8
Ankara, Turkey	32.3	5.8	19.4	27.7	21.2	42.0
Baku, Azerbaijan	32.2	10.0	21.4	25.8	31.1	28.1
Izmir, Turkey	32.0	6.4	19.5	28.0	21.6	38.6
Damascus, Syria	31.2	8.6	20.2	28.2	28.2	8.6
Almaty, Kazakhstan	31.1	10.5	21.1	27.2	26.4	36.3
Chittagong, Bangladesh	30.5	4.1	17.6	28.1	19.3	28.9
Kathmandu, Nepal	30.3	5.4	18.2	27.7	21.5	19.1
Antalya, Turkey	30.3	5.1	18.0	26.9	20.3	39.8
Tbilisi, Georgia	30.2	11.5	21.1	24.9	27.9	25.7
Gurgaon, India	29.9	8.9	19.7	28.4	23.0	80.9
Chandigarh, India	29.3	5.7	17.8	31.9	17.9	45.4
Mumbai, India	28.9	19.6	24.3	28.6	24.9	41.6
Tashkent, Uzbekistan	28.3	8.1	18.4	24.5	21.2	22.8
Delhi, India	27.4	8.2	18.1	25.5	23.4	51.3
Bangalore, India	27.0	8.4	17.9	27.7	19.4	65.5
Goa, India	26.8	6.1	16.7	25.7	23.8	41.9
Noida, India	26.6	5.4	16.3	24.5	20.1	60.0
Ahmedabad, India	26.1	6.7	16.7	27.3	17.0	35.0
Ghaziabad, India	26.1	4.5	15.6	26.4	18.5	63.0
Thane, India	26.0	8.0	17.3	24.3	22.3	50.2
Pune, India	25.9	6.9	16.7	26.6	19.9	57.2
Hyderabad, India	25.7	6.4	16.3	27.1	16.9	55.4
Kolkata, India	25.3	5.5	15.6	26.7	18.7	41.4
Guwahati, India	25.2	3.7	14.7	28.2	15.6	43.9
Navi Mumbai, India	25.2	9.1	17.3	26.1	19.3	90.6
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	25.1	7.8	16.7	22.6	21.0	23.3
Chennai, India	24.7	6.0	15.6	26.0	16.8	49.9
Indore, India	24.5	3.8	14.4	25.5	15.4	38.3
Jaipur, India	24.4	4.7	14.8	23.9	15.0	50.9
Ernakulam, India	24.3	5.2	15.0	25.9	16.9	43.3
Vadodara, India	23.6	3.9	14.0	25.0	16.1	52.2
Surat, India	23.6	3.6	13.8	24.5	16.1	44.3
Mangalore, India	23.6	4.2	14.1	25.8	14.8	48.8
Rajkot, India	23.5	3.9	14.0	23.3	16.6	50.0
Coimbatore, India	23.5	4.8	14.4	26.3	13.6	40.4
Madurai, India	23.4	3.3	13.6	25.9	11.9	38.0
Patna, India	23.3	3.6	13.7	22.6	16.8	46.2
Kochi, India	23.3	4.3	14.1	26.1	13.6	43.1
Bhopal, India	23.1	3.7	13.6	22.8	16.9	44.9
Nagpur, India	22.9	3.9	13.7	22.3	18.0	59.7
Lucknow (Lakhnau), India	22.5	4.7	13.8	21.0	16.5	48.4
Islamabad, Pakistan	22.5	6.1	14.5	20.0	17.3	28.9
Mysore, India	22.5	4.2	13.6	23.6	13.1	50.7
Vijayawada, India	22.2	4.9	13.8	24.0	12.4	39.2
Bhubaneswar, India	22.1	3.7	13.1	23.8	11.9	59.2
Lahore, Pakistan	22.0	4.5	13.5	18.9	16.0	27.5
Karachi, Pakistan	21.5	4.2	13.1	18.9	16.7	27.9
Visakhapatnam, India	21.3	3.8	12.8	22.6	13.1	49.4
Thiruvananthapuram, India	19.8	4.2	12.2	21.1	10.7	59.9

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